The talk was peppered with scientific jargon that no one understood.
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Jargon
//ˈdʒɑː.ɡən//
Synonyms for "jargon" (166 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Noun(13 words)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
holonym
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmeronym
4 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
126 translations across 42 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- brabbeltaal noun (incomprehensible speech)
- groepstaal noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- sosiolek noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Albanian
1 entries- zhargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Armenian
2 entries- ժարգոն noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- ժարգոն noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Belarusian
1 entries- жарго́н noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Bulgarian
4 entries- брътвеж noun (incomprehensible speech)
- бръщолевене noun (incomprehensible speech)
- жарго́н noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- жарго́н noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Catalan
1 entries- argot noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 行話 /行话 noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- 行語 /行语 noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Czech
3 entries- žargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- žargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- žargon noun (incomprehensible speech)
Danish
1 entries- fagsprog noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Dutch
4 entries- gebrabbel noun (incomprehensible speech)
- gewauwel noun (incomprehensible speech)
- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- jargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĵargono noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Finnish
4 entries- ammattikieli noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- ammattikieli noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- jargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
French
4 entries- charabia noun (incomprehensible speech)
- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- jargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- jargon noun (incomprehensible speech)
Friulian
1 entries- zergon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Galician
4 entries- latín noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- tecnicismo noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- xerga noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- xerga noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Georgian
4 entries- აბდაუბდა noun (incomprehensible speech)
- ჟარგონი noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- ჟარგონი noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- უაზრობა noun (incomprehensible speech)
German
4 entries- Fachchinesisch noun (incomprehensible speech)
- Fachjargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- Fachsprache noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- Fachsprache noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Greek
4 entries- ακαταλαβίστικα noun (incomprehensible speech)
- ιδιογλωσσία noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- ιδιογλωσσία noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- ιδιόλεκτος noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Hebrew
4 entries- ז׳רגון noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- ז׳רגון noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- ניב noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- עגה noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Hungarian
4 entries- blabla noun (incomprehensible speech)
- halandzsa noun (incomprehensible speech)
- szakmai nyelv noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- szaknyelv noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Icelandic
1 entries- fagmál noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Indonesian
1 entries- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Irish
4 entries- béarlagair noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- béarlagair noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- dríodar cainte noun (incomprehensible speech)
- gibiris noun (incomprehensible speech)
Italian
1 entries- gergo noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Japanese
4 entries- たわごと noun (incomprehensible speech)
- ジャーゴン noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- スラング noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- 専門用語 noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Korean
3 entries- 은어 noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- 전문 용어 noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- 전문어 noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Latvian
1 entries- žargons noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Macedonian
2 entries- жарго́н noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- жарго́н noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Malay
1 entries- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Māori
2 entries- kupu kaupapa noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- kupu-ā-kaupapa noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Piedmontese
1 entries- gergh noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Polish
3 entries- bełkot noun (incomprehensible speech)
- żargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- żargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Portuguese
3 entries- algaravia noun (incomprehensible speech)
- gíria noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- jargão noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Romanian
1 entries- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Russian
3 entries- жарго́н noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- жарго́н noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- тараба́рщина noun (incomprehensible speech)
Spanish
4 entries- argot noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- argot noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- caliche noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- germanía noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Swahili
1 entries- istilahi noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Swedish
3 entries- fackspråk noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- jargong noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- jargong noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Turkish
4 entries- argo noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- argo noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
- jargon noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
- jargon noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Ukrainian
1 entries- жарго́н noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Vietnamese
1 entries- biệt ngữ noun (language characteristic of a particular group)
Yiddish
1 entries- זשאַרגאָן noun (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You can tell from the jargon alone that these instructions were written for experienced builders and not the average consumer.
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If you explain everything in medical jargon, it's impossible that everyone understands immediately.
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Is that Wall Street jargon?
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